Got my National Cycle windshield in. Spend an extra $90 for the heavy duty 4.5mm better acrylic instead of the cheaper/weaker 3.0mm poorer quality plastic shield.

First off, the fork mount was a PITA to get mounted. Then I discovered I put in on too high and the edge was right in my line of sight. So... I pulled the headlight and dropped the mounts down a couple of inches; and also put on some 2-3" taller Harley bars. Now I can see over it alright; but in every configuration I've tried it makes the bike feel wobbly at over 70mph!

Never had this trouble with any set of bars on any of my Savages before. I've looked the shield over from every direction, and measured it many ways and it appears to be on good and straight, and regardless of angle (direction recommend starting with same as fork angle) it still wants to wobble the bike. Almost feels like a high speed wobble, but at only 70+mph!

I'm going to move my Tkat fork brace over from the chopper and see if that helps... beyond that I'm at a loss.

Also, the increased wind resistance makes it so that the bike will barely pull fifth gear with my 17:43 chain conversion. I had no problems with that before the windshield.

So far I'm not very happy with my $200 windshield as you might guess!

I've never had any other windshields other than a couple of Vetter full fairings, and they were great for comfort, and never seemed to hold the bikes back. Even when I had one of the big things on my little Yamaha SR500.

I'm a bit puzzled... Anyone have any clues as to what might be wrong?

Adding picture:

Put the fork brace on and went for another 20 mile highway ride. The fork brace settled it down up to about 77mph (real speed by digital speedo). So at least I can do the legal Interstate speed here in Okiezakistan.

The big "Dakota 4.5mm" shield I got is 24" wide and 26-/12" tall; 18-1/2" above the headlight. Pretty big, but I didn't figure the cheap 18" wide would cover me... I'm over 2' across the shoulders!

My tall sprockets gearing of 17:43 is just barely working now. I stay in 4th until way until well over 50mph, and then just drop it into 5th to cruise. To accelerate bucking the big windshield requires dropping to 4th gear (Which seems to be okay since I feel like the bike can't push anywhere near red-line in 4th much less 5th. I may have to break down and change my gearing now to suit the windshield... just another headache.
 

Yes, and I'd want to be careful to avoid one of the combinations that needs a half-link to fix.

So I might be better off going to 17:45 even though at 2.65 it's very close to 16:43; and the big sprocket costs more... It might work out better in correct number of chain links to avoid a problem.

Added: If I'm not mistaken, Gregg used 17:45 without problems.

And yes...Greggggg used a 17:45 without problems.

 Try a Pirelli 66 route tire, my favorite tire,Not to high price either.

Just wanted to let everyone know that the cause of my problems with the windshield did indeed appear to be the big windshield and the old-school tread pattern of the Chen Shin tire not being compatible.

I swapped tires/wheels between my two 99s this morning and took them both for test rides. Both were stable all the way up to top speeds (80+ mph)!

HALLELUJAH !!!

I'm still going to have to gear down the 99 with the windshield though; because it just can't pull that tall 17:43 chain conversion ratio. It can't even wind out in 4th, much less 5th gear. I dunno if 17:45 will be enough change or not. Might just go back to the belt on it, and move the chain drive to the chopper... But then it runs fine the way it is so... ???